Thursday, December 27, 2012

Injectibles

I've never been so thrilled to jab myself with a needle. Well, to be perfectly honest, I've never done that before... Okay - maybe I should take that back. When I was a kid, my friends and I used to pierce our thin ankle skin with safety pins. We must have been crazy because in no way does that sound fun now...

Anyhow - today was my first day of injectible medications. I did my first Lupron injection and it really wasn't too bad. I've stepped on kid's toys which hurt far worse. I'm not sure how many more days of this I have ahead of me, but I'm not complaining!

And of note - 4 weeks until our first possible transfer date! Yeah! Bring on the new year....

Friday, December 7, 2012

A Plan...

I received great news yesterday! The IVF clinic called and informed me that the egg donor is ready to begin cycling!! Everything looks good with her so she starts birth control pills now and will begin injectibles sometime in January.

As for me, I will continue taking the birth control pills until near the end of December. For a couple of days, I will take both the birth control pills and use a Lupron injection. The Lupron medication is administered via an insulin needle. The Lupron acts on the pituitary gland to suppress ovulation (since my own biological material won't be needed for this surrogacy). A few days later, I will discontinue the birth control pill and only use the Lupron.

The first week of January, I will have blood work and an ultrasound to get a baseline for the cycle. That's also when I'll get all the details on the other IVF medications I'll be taking.

Based on all of this, we're now looking at a transfer in the last week of January. If the cycle is successful, then my awesome Intended Parents can expect their bundle of joy sometime around the middle of October!

Just 50 days or so to wait! How very exciting....